Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Insurance, Technology and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares higher while losses in the Basic Resources, Retail and Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.20%, while the MDAX index added 0.10%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG), which rose 4.10% or 7.650 points to trade at 194.100 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) added 3.63% or 0.660 points to end at 18.840 and Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (DE:MUVGn) was up 1.57% or 2.750 points to 177.900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn), which fell 0.88% or 0.062 points to trade at 6.973 at the close. Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) declined 0.79% or 0.720 points to end at 90.010 and Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) was down 0.77% or 0.095 points to 12.240.
The top performers on the MDAX were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which rose 3.08% to 4.71, Hochtief AG (DE:HOTG) which was up 1.61% to settle at 135.750 and Talanx AG NA O.N. (DE:TLXGn) which gained 1.14% to close at 32.465.
The worst performers were Metro AG ST O.N. (DE:MEOG) which was down 3.09% to 30.915 in late trade, Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which lost 2.15% to settle at 53.280 and Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which was down 1.70% to 28.000 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were STRATEC Biomedical AG (DE:SBSG) which rose 3.77% to 50.630, Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which was up 3.21% to settle at 8.206 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which gained 1.93% to close at 37.775.
The worst performers were Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which was down 1.85% to 42.135 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which lost 1.42% to settle at 23.570 and Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which was down 1.04% to 44.150 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 434 to 297 and 32 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 5.50% to 15.08.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.15% or 1.85 to $1221.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.37% or 0.20 to hit $53.74 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.42% or 0.24 to trade at $56.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.26% to 1.0787, while EUR/GBP rose 0.38% to 0.8620.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 99.62.